Free Agency Compensation must be abolished

[Cleansweep17]

Isn’t band just based on a simple formula?

So how can they gut feel this?

Agree with band 1 starting at round 2 as another poster mentioned.

 

[SA_Great]

If they (afl) are too gutless to abolish it - then at least protect the first round and only have compo picks from 2nd round on.

Yeah there needs to be some serious reform... You can't blame clubs for taking advantage.
Transparency would be a step in the right direction... but unlikely.

 

[JayJ20]

Maybe not abolished, but band 1 FA compensation needs to be end of first round. The first round is already as compromised as it is with all the academy and F/S selections. FA compensation makes it more compromised.

In no way are McKay and Battle worth the compensation they received. If it's a player that's genuinely worth more than an end of first compensation, then force a trade and make the team chasing FAs pay up. They're usually good teams anyway.

 

[lordbob]

Sorry what ?. You are saying that the club who is losing a player shouldn’t get adequate compensation ?.

Why not then just also remove the salary cap and turn it into the Premier League where the top 4-5 big clubs just poach players and remain at the top perpetually ?!.

Im saying: player compensation should be a token compensation and not an attempt to compensate for their actual value. There should never be a circumstance where the compensation is considered significantly more than the players trade value is worth eg McKay last year.

 

[iameviljez]

They also lost a bloke who went on to become a norm smith medalist - the compensation was a pick in the 40s.

Smith wasn’t really worth anything at the table.